Author Topic: Glacier Girl (Read 2906 times)

RATTFINK · « **on:** October 08, 2007, 02:13:06 PM »

I saw this yesterday at the Wings Over Houston Air Show

It was my first time to see a P-38 up close. Pretty cool.

Spikes · « **Reply #1 on:** October 08, 2007, 02:56:18 PM »

Sweet!

Guppy35 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:32:45 PM »

Gotta love the 80th Headhunter P38 out there now too

Based about 3 hours away from me as well. Gonna have to go visit

Bronk · « **Reply #3 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:39:46 PM »

Painted 38s are that much prettier.

Bronk

Saxman · « **Reply #4 on:** October 08, 2007, 03:57:03 PM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
Gotta love the 80th Headhunter P38 out there now too

Based about 3 hours away from me as well. Gonna have to go visit

Just so long as they don't let you get behind the stick.

wooly15 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2007, 08:41:13 PM »

I saw those two at the Mustangs and Legends show in OH last weekend. GG's story is pretty incredible.

Sharrk · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:07:04 AM »

Wasnt Glacier Girl the P38 they dug up 100ft below an ice glacier in Greenland or something...

lengro · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:11:32 AM »

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Originally posted by Sharrk
Wasnt Glacier Girl the P38 they dug up 100ft below an ice glacier in Greenland or something...

yes - they made a website:

http://www.thelostsquadron.com/

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #8 on:** October 09, 2007, 08:44:34 AM »

The sad thing is that Mr. Roy's family sold her after he died, so that she could make the Bolero mission that Mr. Roy always wanted her to finish, but she lost an engine before they got a good start, so both engines were replaced and they turned around. I'm betting that they don't try it again. So now she's gone from her home where she was brought back to life, and the museum is gone as well, not to mention the yearly air show they put on. And it's likely she'll never complete the mission.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #9 on:** October 09, 2007, 12:19:14 PM »

Noticed how big of a plane they are?

BBBB · « **Reply #10 on:** October 09, 2007, 12:21:10 PM »

Word is old Pat (Pat Epps) is scheming to go out to Greenland again and get another one. Pat is a friend of the family. He recently contacted my future brother in law, who has his own film studio to film a trip out there again.

It is no secret Mr Epps wants a P-38 of his own. Problem is that pulling Glacier Girl out of the ice nearly bankrupt him. Since then his company has been going strong, I know he just bought a new fleet of MU-2s to expand his cargo business. So it will be interesting to see if and how this next trip pans out.

http://www.eppsaviation.com/epps.html

DmdJJ · « **Reply #11 on:** October 09, 2007, 01:04:53 PM »

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Originally posted by BBBB
Word is old Pat (Pat Epps) is scheming to go out to Greenland again and get another one. Pat is a friend of the family. He recently contacted my future brother in law, who has his own film studio to film a trip out there again.

It is no secret Mr Epps wants a P-38 of his own. Problem is that pulling Glacier Girl out of the ice nearly bankrupt him. Since then his company has been going strong, I know he just bought a new fleet of MU-2s to expand his cargo business. So it will be interesting to see if and how this next trip pans out.

http://www.eppsaviation.com/epps.html

I sure would love to know where you dug up this, because not a lick of it is true, except the bankrupt part and maybe being a friend of the family.

Bodhi · « **Reply #12 on:** October 09, 2007, 04:29:34 PM »

I highly doubt that Denmark would appreciate Mr. Epps returning to Greenland after the last little fiasco that happened, especially concerning the contractual issues that were never completed.

BBBB · « **Reply #13 on:** October 09, 2007, 04:52:51 PM »

I didn't dig anything up. Part of what I said it buzz going around at the airport. I work out at PDK where Epps's company is located. My soon to be brother in law owns a production company and was called by someone at Epps to see about filming a short film for them. The location was Greenland.

There are other things that lead a lot of guys here on the airport to think him going back to Greenland might be true. Maybe not to pull another 38 out of the ice, but maybe to vist the site. Who knows. All I know is what I have seen and heard here at PDK. Time will tell.

BTW. The MU-2s are still sitting out here. A row of six of them. Two are replacements for two that were damage beyond repair. I know one was a replacement for a 2004 crashed Mu-2.

Thanks for telling me who, what and how I know what I know.

-Spot

DmdJJ · « **Reply #14 on:** October 09, 2007, 06:19:53 PM »

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Originally posted by BBBB
I didn't dig anything up. Part of what I said it buzz going around at the
BTW. The MU-2s are still sitting out here. A row of six of them. Two are replacements for two that were damage beyond repair. I know one was a replacement for a 2004 crashed Mu-2.

Thanks for telling me who, what and how I know what I know.

-Spot

BTW I think you better go check to see if those MU-2's are still there, because they aren't. Epps lost the federal reserve contract and the last flight was the end of May.
I know the Epps family, very well. So well in fact that the man signs my paycheck. I have been there for 15 years so I think I know just a little of whats going on with him and his company, more so than you. If you want to talk facts, so be it. But gossip not based in fact does not belong here. Nuff said